Skip to content
Nations Inquiry — home

Data for 1972

Population Under Age 15, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1972 covers 222 countries. Kenya is highest, at 51.8921; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.8988. The middle country reads 42.3372. Against 1971, 222 values changed (67 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

Download CSVCite this year
Share

Share this page

Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1972

HighestKenya

51.8921

LowestVatican City

12.8988

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Under Age 15, 1972, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Under Age 15, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa51.8921
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia51.2386
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa50.9226
SamoaWSMPolynesia50.7527
JordanJORWestern Asia50.5586
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean50.3882
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.4918
NiueNIUPolynesia49.1009
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa49.0954
GhanaGHAWestern Africa48.4423
SyriaSYRWestern Asia48.3669
BelizeBLZCentral America48.1901
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.1682
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa48.0440
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia47.9913
HondurasHNDCentral America47.8922
NigerNERWestern Africa47.8516
SurinameSURSouth America47.7654
MexicoMEXCentral America47.7450
SudanSDNNorthern Africa47.6942
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia47.5380
RwandaRWAEastern Africa47.4960
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.4085
DominicaDMACaribbean47.3159
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean47.2706

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kenya51.8921
  2. Cook Islands51.2386
  3. Libya50.9226
  4. Samoa50.7527
  5. Jordan50.5586

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.8988
  2. Monaco14.4518
  3. Hungary20.1107
  4. Isle of Man20.1790
  5. Sweden20.7770

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 42.3372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 67 · 155rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1972.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1972). Population Under Age 15, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1972

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1972?

Kenya, at 51.8921, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1972?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Under Age 15, 1972 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Under Age 15, 2023.

Feedback

Feedback

How are we doing?

Two answers are required — a rating and your email. The rest is up to you.